ECTS : 3
Language of instruction : French
Teaching hours : 18
Course content:
(1) To question (individually, then in groups through a comparative approach) notions related to violent conflict & illustrated by empirical case studies?
(2) To identify/qualify generated reactions by questions/questioning ?
(3) To analyze the rationality and logical reasonings of one’s as well as the group’s multicultural rationalities?
(4) To elaborate/build multicultural mental maps over the case studies related to a violent conflict ?
(5) To formalize the mental maps in a rendering of the group’s choice (games, role-playing, simulations, role-playing situations, etc.) and within the time limit.
Skills to be acquired:
The philosophy of the class is to explore one’s cultural origins for conceptions & misconceptions regarding conflict transformation and management.
PRIMARY IDENTITIES – nationality, race, religion/atheism, parental culture, personal experience of violence in childhood/teenage years, etc. – impact one’s representations of
(i) what violence is,
(ii) why violence happens,
(iii) the shapes/forms violence takes,
(iv) the impact violence has on individuals, groups, societies, connected processes
As a consequence, one tends to ‘naturally’
(i) favor certain types of solutions and approaches,
(ii) reject, be reluctant facing certain types of solutions/tools.
The professional objective is to enhance the student's capacity as decision-makers in the field or at work in general, at picking and/or elaborating the relevant and most efficient tools for conflict transformation and management.
In other words, learn how to
(i) Stop wasting time/energy/resources on non-/low performative solutions
(ii) Push forward creative solutions, far from cultural, mental blocks.
Assessment:
Grading is as follows?
(1) The quality of your final mental map (20%)?
(2) The quality of your oral presentation (60%)?
(3) The quality of the discussion with the class and instructor on the day of your presentation (20%)?
Keep in mind?
Weighting : 0.50